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<noinclude>{{On this day/doc}}</noinclude>'''[[{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1|2}}January 8]]''':
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*[[1861]] &ndash; '''[[Civil War]]''': Colonel [[William H. Chase]] was authorized by Governor [[Wikipedia:Madison S. Perry|Madison S. Perry]] to seize the federal forts in Pensacola. Shots were fired from [[Fort Barrancas]] around 11:00PM.
*[[1889]] &ndash; '''[[Edward A. Perry]]''' left office as [[Governor of Florida]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; The '''[[Gulf Islands National Seashore]]''' was established.
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